Elderly couple not heard from for two days found dead in their home in Çorum! Gas leaking from the stove claimed their lives

Elderly couple not heard from for two days found dead in their home in Çorum! Gas leaking from the stove claimed their lives

14.11.2026 17:11

In the village of Gözübüyük in the Laçin district of Çorum, 78-year-old Mehmet Gökdere and his 72-year-old wife Zeliha Gökdere were found dead in their home. Teams who entered the house through a window after neighbors who had not heard from the couple for two days reported it determined that the elderly couple died due to carbon monoxide gas leaking from the stove. The gendarmerie launched an investigation into the incident.

The couple, from whom no news had been received for two days in the Laçin district of Çorum, was found dead in their home. It was determined that the couple died due to carbon monoxide gas.

THEIR NEIGHBORS CALLED 112

The incident occurred in the village of Gözübüyük in Laçin district. According to the information obtained, the neighbors of 78-year-old Mehmet Gökdere and his 72-year-old wife Zeliha Gökdere, having not heard from them for two days, went to the couple's house. When the couple did not open the door, the neighbors reported the situation to the 112 Emergency Call Center. Upon the report, medical, gendarmerie, and fire teams were dispatched to the couple's house.

TEAMS ENTERED THE HOUSE THROUGH THE WINDOW

Entering through the window of the house with the intervention of fire teams, the teams determined that the elderly couple had lost their lives due to carbon monoxide gas leaking from the stove. After the work of gendarmerie teams, the bodies of the elderly couple were taken to the morgue of Laçin State Hospital.

Gendarmerie teams launched an investigation into the incident.

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